Two institutions of higher education in Jyväskylä, Finland were struggling in 2008 with how to increase commercialized research results, get more people involved, and help staff/students understand the role of innovation services as the institutions and regional innovation ecosystem had different individual goals. To address this, the institutions created an Academic Business Club to bring business insight and motivation into the science community to help change the innovation culture.

2. In 2008, the two institutions of higher
education in Jyväskylä, Finland were
struggling with the same issues:
- how to increase commercialized
research results and get people
activated?
- University staff & students didn’t
understand the role of innovation
services

3. DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL GOALS OF THE
PEOPLE
IN THE REGIONAL INNOVATION THE
ECOSYSTEM
Challenge: How can we bring
business insight and motivation
into science community and
change the innovation
culture?

5. ACA DEMIC
BUSINESS CLUB
AWARDS AND
SPRING EVENT